His crimes may be “historic”, but the case of former Metropolitan Police officer Adam Provan is very much a live one. Not only because there has been a fresh appeal for victims, but because of what it says about London’s police force, and who it truly seeks to protect.
Provan has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for raping a teenage girl and a female police officer. Presiding over the trial, Judge Noel Lucas said he was disturbed by how Scotland Yard dealt with initial complaints about Provan’s behaviour, noting the Met was “more concerned with looking after one of their own than taking her seriously”.
